On the evening of February 28, 2024, Joshua Freeman, 41, was found outside an apartment door at Shadywood Apartments, 1708 Shadywood Lane in Mount Pleasant, Texas, with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers say Freeman had been involved in a physical altercation with another male resident at the apartment entrance; during that confrontation he was shot multiple times. EMS took Freeman to Titus Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Police detained the other male resident for questioning when they arrived and have interviewed multiple witnesses, but no arrests have been announced. Freeman, born March 10, 1982, in Longview, was a lifelong Longview resident and Longview High School graduate; he is survived by his ex-wife Gareshia Johnson III, his brother Antone Freeman and other family members. A homegoing was held March 9, 2024, at Rising Star C.O.G.I.C in Gladewater.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Mount Pleasant dispatch at (903) 575-4004 and reference case number 245695.